Why I left comics :-(

[saildog]

Something I don't get - I can buy a year of Sports Illustrated for $20 (including a free NFL fleece jacket), so why are comics so expensive? I almost wish WalMart would introduce a line of $.99 comics and force the industry to compete.

I haven't taken enough time to understand the "system" or economics as either apply to Comics, but damn, if that is not a compelling point.

Maybe, the titty issue of SI carries them through a year of faithful readership?

[Gorn Captain]

I stopped reading for several reasons.

1. Import comics are about $4 here. Man, that's expensive.
2. I'm fed up with reboots, starting from issue one. I like the history, I like reading Avengers 721!
3. I'm fed up with a million storylines in one book, characters dying/resurrecting/going from bad to good to bad again.
4. They fill each page to the gills with images, and I like clean and clear panels. Is more really that much better?

It reminds me of all those CG movies. Too frigging much!
It's like I'm reading comics by Michael Bay....

So I quit.
I now look for older issues. I'm hunting for old Iron Man, Avengers, etc.
I can fill a lifetime with those....

[Gorn Captain]

I haven't taken enough time to understand the "system" or economics as either apply to Comics, but damn, if that is not a compelling point.

Maybe, the titty issue of SI carries them through a year of faithful readership?

Well, in that case, maybe Marvel should do an annual titty issue (Rogue!Rogue!), and then reduce the price of subscription comics....

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

So.... how many of you guys who're lamenting the content of current superhero books loved "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Watchmen?"

Don C.

[Gorn Captain]

Hmmmm....

So.... how many of you guys who're lamenting the content of current superhero books loved "The Dark Knight Returns"?"

Don C.

I lamented The Dark Knight Returns, too.
Man, even my neighbours could hear me lament....

[BlackKnight]

Hmmmm....

So.... how many of you guys who're lamenting the content of current superhero books loved "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Watchmen?"

Don C.

I disliked Both ... And I wasn't 1 of the ones Making the Complaint.

[samurainoir]

Well, in that case, maybe Marvel should do an annual titty issue (Rogue!Rogue!).

Did you miss the nineties? There was one almost every year!

[Werewolf]

Hmmmm....

So.... how many of you guys who're lamenting the content of current superhero books loved "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Watchmen?"

Don C.

I dislike both intensely and think they're hugely over-rated.

[mitchedwards]

Been about 10 years since I stopped buying comics. I've been buying the DC Showcase classics and enjoying the Batman and Superman stories from the 50s/60s

[Brazoo]

Those DC Mad Archives are absolutely gorgeous. Kurtzman and co's work is finally in a format suited to the material. As much as I loved the black and white paperbacks and Mad Super Special bound in reprints and even the Magazine format reprints from a few years back, it's finally great to see the entirety of the material at this size in a permanent quality package.

They need to release these on a faster schedule.

The recent Kurtzman coffee table book is a jaw-dropper for me.

Oh man - I need to get that!

OHH - speaking of which, I just picked myself up a little Christmas gift: Amazon.com: MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin (MAD's Greatest Artists Series) (9780762430505): Don Martin: Books

Originally it was a fortune - but I found one at a book clearance place for $40! It makes me so happy it's crazy!

[Cosmicman]

I read all the back issues on Adobe acrobat. I have been collecting all of the Marvel ones.
They are basically scanned comic books from front cover through the book, page by page to the end. I love the old stories from Hulk, Fantastic Four, Ironman, Defenders, Avengers, Captain America and Spiderman from the 70s and onward...before that, there seemed to be a cheese factor.

Awhile ago, some fella put up a bunch of DC ones on eBay and sold them. I have not seen him lately. Probably got his hand slapped since DC didn't officially release Adobe scanned version of their comics. Some guy with a lot of free time on his hand must have decided to scan his books. Lots of those!

[VintageMike]

I still buy some new books every week but nothing like I used to. I spend a lot of the money I used to spend in new books buying late 70's to mid 80's book at a bargain sometimes, as low as $1. I've also been trying to finally finish my amazing spider-man run with lower grade (but complete) issues.

[Earth 2 Chris]

So.... how many of you guys who're lamenting the content of current superhero books loved "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Watchmen?"

I don't lament them being published. They are both fantastic works. I lament the fact that other comic creators insisted on trying to emulate them to the point of parody, and then the influence just soaked into every series.

Maybe I'm biased, but I feel super hero comics had really reached a good middle-ground in the late 70s/early 80s. Most were written in a way that an adult could enjoy them, with character development and situations that didn't insult anyone's intelligence. But there was little that was inappropriate for children. Much like the Timm DCU animated series.

Chris

[palitoy]

Hmmmm....

So.... how many of you guys who're lamenting the content of current superhero books loved "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Watchmen?"

Don C.

Oh please, that's a weak argument. While I never got into Dark Knight, there was a reason Watchmen was it's own universe, DC had the sense then that it wasn't in their canon.

I don't lament Watchmen, I love it, but never in my life have I said "I wish all comics were like this" I love Dark beer but I mostly drink Lager.

Alan Moore laments writing Watchmen however, the imitation of his work has kind of killed the thing he loved.

[kingdom warrior]

Oh please, that's a weak argument. While I never got into Dark Knight, there was a reason Watchmen was it's own universe, DC had the sense then that it wasn't in their canon.

I don't lament Watchmen, I love it, but never in my life have I said "I wish all comics were like this" I love Dark beer but I mostly drink Lager.

Alan Moore laments writing Watchmen however, the imitation of his work has kind of killed the thing he loved.

Agree. I remember when I first read Watchmen. My reaction was these are characters that were in another universe....and I looked upon the work as what if Superheroes were in the Real world....and I left it there.

What bothered me afterwards is how much that type of dark character started appearing in other main stream characters. I started seeing Flawed heros with no Super in them and the air was taken out of the fun of being one.

Funny I thought of the Darknight as a stand alone story not cannon with the regular Batman and I saw how Miller's Take on the character crept into the books....which I had a distaste for.